You Are Enough
- Abbey Parsley
- May 28, 2024
- 3 min read
“One day, not too long ago (I’m a stubborn one - He knows), God asked me ‘Who are you trying to please? Me? Or everyone else?’ I mean just smack me upside the head why dontcha!”
‘And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.”’ Mark 10:18
“You are enough” is written on the spine of my Bible. Years ago I scrolled it there all pretty. I need it there as a reminder, but I don’t believe it most times I read it. What I do like to believe, is you’re breathing a sigh of relief to hear you’re not alone in the same thought. I have to convince myself, I have to pray through it. It’s a battle I still face because Satan controls us not with obvious means, but with lies in the heart. Satan’s biggest, best scheme is to break you by convincing you to believe lies about yourself.
The majority of my motherhood, I’ve had people close to me judging me, telling me that I’m not enough. Not a good enough wife, not a good enough mom (failing constantly, consistently). And you know what I did with that? I carried it. Of course I carried it, because I’m a people pleaser. For years it weighed my heart, mind, and soul all the way to the ground and I just dragged it all around like it was mine to carry. This weight of believing the lie that I needed to work harder to show them that I wasn’t all the things they thought or said about me. I felt I needed to prove myself to them. They’ll see eventually.
One day, not too long ago (I’m a stubborn one - He knows), God asked me “Who are you trying to please? Me? Or everyone else?” I mean just smack me upside the head why dontcha!
Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. (Galatians 1:10) This lie of not being enough is null and void. God is the only One that can tell me what I am.
Do I get it right all the time? No. Do I sometimes fall into this lie and even start to believe it again? Yes. In my mind’s eye, I picture Him picking me up and carrying me instead of me carrying the weight of the lie. Lies aren’t ours to carry, so I repeatedly lay it back down at the cross and rely on Him. I’m not enough for everyone else, but I’m more than enough for Him.
Action Steps:
Look in the mirror. I’m serious, go right now. Shut the door and stand there and see yourself. What do you see? Do you see a mama that is trying her hardest? Praying for her kids? Seeking God, seeking discernment, seeking wisdom, laying things down instead of carrying them around, vivaciously seeking God’s will for all the areas of your life? The lies fall flat when you see yourself for what you really are…..a child of God.
When lies come back to your mind (and they will), lay it back down at the cross. Do this by looking up scripture about what God says about you. His love for you will pour out of the words.
Prayer: Lord, convince us. When we feel all the things that are negative about ourselves, about our mama-ing, convince us of what You say about us. We can be a stubborn lot, so please go about all means to infiltrate our minds with all things of You. Show us a bold faced lie for what it is and give us the ability to throw it out and not pick it up. In our weak and tired moments, let us absorb all of Your loving words and not fall victim to lies. Yes and Amen.
Written by Abbey, a mom who cried writing this devo
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